When you are true to your passions and believe in yourself, beautiful things happen. As artists, creatives, and out-of-the-box thinkers, it is drilled into our heads the concept of the starving artist. We were told from early on, it is almost impossible to make a “good living” or be “successful” if you want to be an artist. As much as I would hate to admit it, this is one of the reasons I didn’t think I could be a painter again even though I’ve had a successful career in the